Marching for Freedom: Walk Together Children and Don't You Grow Weary
This historical nonfiction title introduces the people and events of the civil rights movement in a way that is accessible to younger readers.
Work Information
It follows the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery through the eyes of the young people who took part.
A book that focuses on a crucial moment in the civil rights movement by following the courage of children and the tension on the ground. Photographs and concise narration combine to make the history feel immediate.
Review Summaries
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Readers praise its accessible structure and the vivid immediacy created by photographs and testimony. Some also note that its unflinching look at history leaves a strong aftertaste.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Viking Books for Young Readers
- Published
- 2009-10-15
- Pages
- 80 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 26.4 x 1.2 x 24.9 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780670011896
- ISBN-10
- 0670011894
- Category
- 洋書/Children's Books/Geography & Cultures/Multicultural Stories/Black & African American
An inspiring look at the fight for the vote, by an award-winning author Only 44 years ago in the U.S., Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was leading a fight to win blacks the right to vote. Ground zero for the movement became Selma, Alabama. Award-winning author Elizabeth Partridge leads you straight into the chaotic, passionate, and deadly three months of protests that culminated in the landmark march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. Focusing on the courageous children who faced terrifying violence in order to march alongside King, this is an inspiring look at their fight for the vote. Stunningly emotional black-and-white photos accompany the text.
Elizabeth Partridge (www.elizabethpartridge.com) is a National Book Award finalist and author of several nonfiction books for children, including Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange ; This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie ; and the Printz Honor–winning John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth . She lives in the San Francisco Bay area.
Reviews
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Marching For Freedom: Walk Together Children and Don't You Grow Weary After reading this, I again appreciated the sacrifices of those who helped us open America to those of all races and cultures. The stories that were told will help my students related more personally to those who moved us forward.
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Good book
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This book is summer reading for school and he is learning things that he did not know but is not finished reading yet...so we will see how he feels when he is done
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This was a good book but I don't really like nonfiction books. I would say it is a 3·5 It was a little slow at first but then it picked up.